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January PSYCH WEEK! Monday, 19th
UPA Bake Sale Tory Atrium, 10-3pm Tuesday, 20th Psych Career Form NRE 1-003, 5-7pm FREE PIZZA! Wenesday, 21st Psych Career & Volunteer Fair Dinwoodie, 10-3pm Thursday, 22nd Psych Internship Forum CAB 243, 5-6:30pm Friday, 23rd Golden Bears Volleyball Game and Hudson’s After Party! Main Gym @6:30pm Friday, 30th Tuition Payment Deadline
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THE INK BLOT
Welcome Back Psych Lovers!
JANUARY 2009:
Ψ EditorsNoteΨ PsychWeekDetailsΨ Lauren’sPicksΨ FunPsychActivities!Ψ JoinUPA!
Undergraduate Psychology Association
Editors Note Welcome Back Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas break and have come back rested and ready for another semester. I spent the holidays snowboarding, baking, hanging out with friends and family and the list goes on. I finally got to read all the books I wanted to read including: Scar Tissue, Eclipse and Deal Breakers. I HIGHLY recommend you all read Scar Tissue; it’s probably one of the best memoirs I’ve read in a long time. You will especially enjoy it if you like the Red Hot Chili Peppers! I made a few New Years resolutions this year; one resolution is to stay on top of all my homework and not leave everything to the last minute. I am sure many of you have acquired this awful procrastination habit in your post secondary experience. If you’re anything like me, you seem to find a million other things to do rather than reading a textbook or finishing up a lab. I find myself doing everything BUT studying- eating, talking on the phone, cleaning and then maybe eating some more. I am really not sure how I’ve made it this far with my awful habits. So far this semester I’ve kept up with readings, mind you, it’s hardly been two weeks. All of us at the UPA are super busy preparing for Psych Week so I hope you call get a chance to come to at least one of the events. Perhaps a nice snack before class at our bake sale or come attend a forum, they are incredibly informative. I hope you all have a fabulous semester and I hope to see you all at Psyc Week! Lauren Kotylak VP Communications
UPCOMING EVENTS JANUARY 19th-23rd IS PSYC WEEK! It’s the time again psych lovers! A full week of informative and fun UPA activities to start the second semester off right! Below is this years itinerary: MONDAY 19th
On your way to class come grab a tasty treat from our Bake Sale. All of us at the UPA will be making a variety of baked goods and selling them to you for a good deal. Bakes Sale will be from 10am to 3pm and will be held in Business-Tory Atrium. TUESDAY 20th The Psyc Career Forum is a great chance for all of you psyc majors to come check out different job opportunities for the future. We are expecting guests from a variety of psyc related job field. You can also expect a representative from Edmonton’s own Police Department. Did I mention there was free food? PIZZA will be provided to all of those who attend. So come on down and enjoy a slice of free pizza and get a head start on your future! Pre-register online at www.ualberta.ca/~caps Forum is in NRE 1-003 and goes from 5pm to 7pm
WEDNESDAY 21st The Career and Volunteer Fair will be held in Dinwoodie from 10am to 3pm. You can expect a variety of booths with representatives from different psychology fields. You can also expect booths with representatives from non-psych related careers. THURSDAY 22nd The Psych Internship Forum is an excellent opportunity to get some information if you’ve ever thought about getting some work experience in the psychology field while getting university credits and a salary. You will have a chance to ask questions and get loads of information on the internship program here at the UofA. The forum will be held in CAB 243 from 5pm to 6:30pm. $1 for non-members and free for members! RSVP [email protected] FRIDAY 23rd Come down and support your Golden Bears Volleyball team. The game will be held in the main gym on campus starting at 6:30pm. Tickets are only $3 if you come with your fellow UPA members. After the game, we plan on heading over to Hudson’s for a few beverages! RSVP [email protected]
LAUREN’S PICKS BEST BOOK: “Scar Tissue” By Anthony Kiedis BEST MOVIE: “Righteous Kill” Starring Al Pacino and Anthony Baldwin BEST PROF: Craig Campbell BEST BAND: Kings of Leon
Quote of the Month: If you don't know
where you are going,
you’ll end up
someplace else.
-Yogi Berra
Match the fact to the UPA Exec!
** Interested in doing an internship? Check out the Psychology Internship Forum on Thursday, Jan 22 in CAB 243, 5-6:30pm. RSVP [email protected]
Answers: a) 8 b) 4 c) 11 d) 5 e) 1 f) 9 g) 2 h) 10 i) 3 j) 7 k) 6
1) Is currently in Holland ____ a) Shantelle Bihis (VP External)
2) Has a website design company ____ b) Tristan Drozdiak (VP Academic)
3) Member of the Kokopelli Choir ____ c) Lauren Kotylak (VP Campus Communications)
4) Runs for the Track team ____ d) Isabel Lek (VP Finance)
5) Has family in Australia and Singapore
____ e) Erin Karman(Co-Chair)
6) Works for the Robin Hood Association
____ f) Melissa Daniels (VP Internal)
7) Is currently in Cortona ____ g) Chris Madan(Webmaster)
8) Is majoring in Human Ecology ____ h) Kristin Bonot (President)
9) Did an internship** at Forensic Assessment and Community Services
____i) Leigh Yang (Peer Mentorship Coordinator)
10) Is doing an independent study (496/498) in Dr. Norman Brown’s lab
____ j) Kelty Hawley (Co-Chair)
11) Is a Theta ____ k) Colleen Andringa (VP Social)
Psychology Funnies Patient: Doctor, my wife thinks I'm crazy because I like sausages. Psychiatrist: Nonsense! I like sausages too. Patient: Good, you should come and see my collection. I've got hundreds of them. Top 10 Signs a Therapist is Approaching Burn-out
By Storm A. King, 08/28/96
1.You think of the peaceful park you like as "your private therapeutic milieu." 2.You realize that your floridly psychotic patient, who is picking invisible flowers out of mid air, is probably having more fun in life than you are. 3. A grateful client, who thinks you walk on water, brings you a small gift and you end up having to debrief your feelings of unworthiness with a colleague. 4. You are watching a re-run of the Wizard of Oz and you start to categorize the types of delusions that Dorothy had. 5.Your best friend comes to you with severe relationship troubles, and you start trying to remember which cognitive behavioral technique has the most empirical validly for treating this problem. 6.You realize you actually have no friends, they have all become just one big case load. 7.A co-worker asks how you are doing and you reply that you are a bit "internally preoccupied" and "not able to interact with peers" today. 8.Your spouse asks you to set the table and you tell them that it would be "countertherapeutic to your current goals" to do that. 9.You tell your teenage daughter she is not going to start dating boys because she is "in denial," "lacks insight." and her "emotions are not congruent with her chronological age." And, the number one reason a therapist may be burning out....
10. You are packing for a trip to a large family holiday reunion and you take the DSM-IV with you just in case.
JointheUPA!
Why?- To have fun with other psych students! - To get information on careers in psychology! - To have something to put on your resume ThePerks:
Free admission into all academic forums! ($1+ for non-members) Discounts on fundraisers! Chance to volunteer within the UPA and take on leadership roles! Seek advice from other UPA members on psych-related matters! Gain access to valuable info! Opportunity to participate in the Undergraduate Mentorship program as a mentor or mentee!
How?
Come to BS P 206D during any of our office hours listed below, pay your $5 membership fee and receive your Member Services username and password.
M: 11-12, 1-2 T: 8-9, 11-12:20 W: 1-3 Th: 11-12:20, 2-3 F: We like to start our weekends early!
VolunteerOpportunities
TheUPAislookingforresponsible,dedicatedindividualsfor:
Ψ AcademicCommittee
TheAcademicCommitteeorganizesforumstodeliverinvaluableinformationtofellowpsychstudents. TimeCommitment:2‐4hoursperweek• Helporganizeandexecuteacademic
forums(2perterm)• Conductprofessorandclassofthe
monthinterviews• Keepincontactwithpsychology
professorsforforumsandinterviews• OrganizegradschoolinformationContactVPAcademicattdrozdia@ualberta.ca
Ψ AdvertisingCommittee
TheadvertisingcommitteeisinchargeofcommunicatingUPAeventstomembersandtheUofAcampus.
TimeCommitment:1‐2hoursperweek• Designinganddistributingpostersfor
UPAevents• Classpresentationsorwritingon
whiteboardsinclassrooms• ThinkingorcreativewaystospreadUPA
news.ContactVPCampusCommunicationsat
Ψ FundraisingCommittee
ThefundraisingcommitteehelpsorganizeandexecuteBBQs,bakesales,hotchocolatedrives,etc.
• Plansmall‐scalefundraisingevents• Coordinatevolunteersforfundraising
days• Createeye‐catchingadvertisementsor
gimmicks• Committeemembersshouldbe
creative,friendly,[email protected] Ψ SocialCommittee
VolunteersneedtobeenthusiasticaboutrepresentingtheUPAthroughfunandexcitingsocialactivitiessuchasparties,pubcrawls,andmoviesnights.We’respecificallylookingforthefollowing:
EventFacilitators
• AssistVPSocialwitheventplanning• Aidinginorganizingactivities(making
posters,sellingticketsetc.)
• CommittedtotheUofAcampussociallife
• Outgoingandfriendlypersonality
[email protected] Ψ Career/VolunteerFairCommittee
VolunteerswillhelpVPExternalorganizeaCareerandVolunteerFairforPsychWeekinJanuary
• Searchandcontactvariousemploymentandvolunteeropportunitiesavailableforpsychstudents
• Correspondprofessionallywithdifferentagencies
• CoordinatevolunteersforFairday• WorkwithCAPstoputonaPsychology
CareerForum
[email protected] Ψ MerchandiseCoordinator
OurmerchandisecoordinatorassisttheVPFinancewiththeUPAMerchandise
• Researchingandcontactingdifferentmerchandiseprovidersforclothing,pens,mugs,etc.
• AttendingmeetingswiththeVPFinanceandmerchandiseproviders
• Creating,collectingandprocessingmerchandiseorderforms
• Distributingmerchandise
[email protected] Ψ InkBlotContributors
We’realwayslookingforenthusiasticpsychologyloverstocontributeinterestingandentertainingarticlesforournewsletter.We
acceptalltypesofsubmissionssuchasopinionpieces,researchupdates,biographies,cartoons,etc.
PleasesendyoursubmissionstoVPCommunicationsat
Wanttovolunteerbutunsureaboutwhichopportunityisbestforyou?Contact
upa@ualberta.catosetupanappointmenttofindoutmoreabouteachposition!
